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CHEPSTOW TOWN GATE
Written by Ivor Waters.
Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1327840
Published by Chepstow Town Council.
1986.
Very good condition.
Card wrap booklet. ISBN: 0951125508. Spotting to spine edge of rear cover. Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- WYE VALLEY
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
BRUNEL'S TUBULAR SUSPENSION BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER WYE
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1327839
Published by The Chepstow Society.
1976.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Card wrap booklet. 500 printed. B/w photos. Reprint of the 1856 pamphlet with additional illustrations and notes. ISBN: 090027834X. Some light foxing to rear cover. Light vertical crease to the margin of the fold-out plate at the back of the book. Contents fine.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- WYE VALLEY
- HISTORY
- BRIDGES
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LIMITED EDITION
CHEPSTOW ROAD BRIDGES
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1327837
Published by Moss Rose Press.
1980.
Slightly better than very good condition.
White cardwrap booklet. 500 copies printed. B/w illustrations. 19 pages. ISBN: 0906134099. Light crease to top corners of front cover and first few pages.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- WYE VALLEY
- HISTORY
- BRIDGES
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ROADS
- LIMITED EDITION
THE PARISH DOCTOR
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1327834
Published by Moss Rose Press.
1st thus
1984.
Nearly fine condition.
Chepstow Series No. 2. Green pictorial card wraps. 20 pages. ISBN: 0906134242.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- MEDICAL
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WYE VALLEY
POOR PEOPLE
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1327833
Published by Moss Rose Press.
1st thus
1984.
Nearly fine condition.
Chepstow Series No. 3. Blue card wrap booklet. 39 pages. ISBN: 0906134269. Minimal rubbing to corners.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- WYE VALLEY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE WINE TRADE OF THE PORT OF CHEPSTOW
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1327832
Published by The Chepstow Society.
Almost very good condition.
1019 copies printed. Card wrap booklet with orange covers. Fading to front cover edges. Top of spine is been bumped. Contents clean.
FAMILY AND DYNASTY IN LATE MEDIEVAL ENGLAND: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1977 HARLAXTON SYMPOSIUM
Written by Richard Eales; Shaun Tyas.
Stock no. 1828152
Published by Shaun Tyas.
1st
2003.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Harlaxton Medieval Studies Volume IX. Edited by Eales & Tyas. Many of the families examined in this volume show a rearkable resilience to adversity. They could rise in favour as quickly as fall from it, but the shock of disinheritance which faced many families during political reversals, especially after failed bids for greater power, is balanced by their not infrequent recover of title, sometimes decades later. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates to rear. ISBN: 1900289547. Name & date in ink to front endpaper else a lovely copy. Green dustwrapper is lightly creased and lightly scuffed.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- GENEALOGY
THE LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND
Written by Nicholas J. Higham; Martin J. Ryan.
Stock no. 1828151
Published by The Boydell Press.
1st
2010.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Edited by Higham and Ryan. Publications of The Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies Volume 9. Topics here range from the impact of coppicing to medieval field systems, from the representation of the landscape in manuscripts to cereal production and the type of bread the population preferred, these offer striking new approaches to the central issues of landscape change across the seven centuries of Anglo-Saxon England. Matt pictorial boards. B/w maps and illustrations. ISBN: 9781843835820. Minor scuffing to boards. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Else a lovely copy.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- ANGLO-SAXON
- ARCHAEOLOGY
LANDSCAPES, DOCUMENTS AND MAPS: VILLAGES IN NORTHERN ENGLAND AND BEYOND AD 900-1250
Written by Brian K. Roberts.
Stock no. 1828150
Published by Oxbow Books.
1st
2008.
Slightly better than very good condition.
This book integrates evidence from geography, history, economic history, archaeology, place-name studies, anthropology and church architecture. The underlying subject matter always engages with landscape studies. The objective is to combine these with the descriptive and analytical practices of history, and to draw both together using the cartographic methods of historical geography. Red glazed pictorial boards. B/w maps. ISBN: 9781842172377. Base of spine lightly bumped. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Else a lovely copy.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- ARCHITECTURE
A BALDOCK SCRAPBOOK
Written by Maureen Maddren.
Stock no. 1828143
Published by Egon Publishers.
1st
1994.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The illustrated companion to Baldock Voices. Edited by Maureen Maddren. Includes material from taped interviews conducted by Edna Page and Nora Penfold. This volume covers 100 years of Baldock life from the 1890s to the 1990s. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0905858948. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and rear panel else a lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- HOME COUNTIES
- HERTFORDSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
SAMURAI INVASION: JAPAN'S KOREAN WAR 1592-98
Written by Stephen Turnbull.
Stock no. 1828140
Published by Cassell & Co..
1st
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A lively account of the two sixteenth-century Japanese invasions of Korea, untold before in such detail, and a vital period in the history of samurai culture. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0304359483. Rear panel of dustwrapper slightly scuffed else a lovely copy.
THE SAMURAI SOURCEBOOK
Written by Stephen R. Turnbull.
Stock no. 1828139
Published by Arms & Armour Press.
1st
1998.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A comprehensive work of reference on samurai history and culture. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1854093711. Dustwrapper spine slightly faded else a lovely copy.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- JAPAN
- MILITARY
- SAMURAI